Legal Opinion

Knight v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided May 1, 2003No. 02-5124PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MICHEL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants Joanne Knight et al., appeal the order of the United States Court of Federal Claims dismissing their contract claims pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) of the Court of Federal Claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Knight v. United States, 52 Fed. Cl. 243 (Fed.Cl. 2002). We conclude that the trial court did not err in finding jurisdictional facts without trial or summary judgment proceedings, but did err in holding that appellants, other than Willa Webb, were not third-party beneficiaries to the contract. We therefore hold that the Court of Federal…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Karen S. Reynolds v. Army and Air Force Exchange ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1988
  2. Louise J. Hamlet v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1989
  3. State of Montana v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1997
  4. Glass v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
  5. Knight v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2002

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Gonzalez-McCaulley Investment Group, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2010
  2. Preferred Systems Solutions, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2013
  3. Cms Contract Management Services v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2013
  4. Liu v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2010
  5. Jolly v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2021

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